Quick charging method, power adapter and mobile terminal

ABSTRACT

A quick charging method, a power adapter and a mobile terminal are provided. The method is applied to the power adapter, the power adapter is coupled to the mobile terminal through a USB interface, a power line in the USB interface is used by the power adapter to charge the mobile terminal, a data line in the USB interface is used by the power source adapter to conduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal, and the power adapter supports a common charging mode and a quick charging mode, charging current of the quick charging mode is greater than that of the common charging mode. The method includes: conducting a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal to determine to charge the mobile terminal in the quick charging mode; and adjusting charging current to charging current corresponding to the quick charging mode to charge the mobile terminal.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser.No. 16/849,773, filed Apr. 15, 2020, which is a continuation applicationof U.S. application Ser. No. 16/196,474, filed Nov. 20, 2018, which is acontinuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 15/311,349, filedNov. 15, 2016, which is a US national phase application based uponInternational Application No. PCT/CN2015/078898, filed on May 13, 2015,which is based on and claims priority to International Application No.PCT/CN2014/090846, filed on Nov. 11, 2014, and International ApplicationNo. PCT/CN2015/074049, filed on Mar. 11, 2015. The entire contents ofall above-mentioned applications are incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD

The present disclosure relates to charging technical field, and moreparticularly, to a quick charging method, a power adapter and a mobileterminal.

BACKGROUND

At present, a mobile terminal (such as a smart phone) has becomeincreasingly popular among consumers, but the mobile terminal consumes alot of electricity and needs to be charged frequently. With theincreasing of battery capacity of the mobile terminal, the charging timebecomes longer and longer. How to achieve quick charging has become aproblem which needs to be solved.

In the related art, in order to achieve the quick charging, an outputcurrent of a power adapter is directly increased without considering thetolerance capacity of the mobile terminal, which may lead to aphenomenon of overheating or even burning out of the mobile terminal anddecrease the life time of the mobile terminal.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a quick charging method, apower adapter and a mobile terminal, so as to improve the security inthe quick charging process.

In an embodiment, a quick charging method is provided. The method isapplied to a power adapter, the power adapter is coupled to a mobileterminal through a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a power line inthe USB interface is used by the power adapter to charge the mobileterminal, a data line in the USB interface is used by the power adapterto conduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal, andthe power adapter supports a common charging mode and a quick chargingmode, in which a charging current of the quick charging mode is greaterthan that of the common charging mode. The method includes: conductingby the power adapter a bidirectional communication with the mobileterminal through the data line in the USB interface so as to determineto charge the mobile terminal in the quick charging mode; and adjustingby the power adapter a charging current to a charging currentcorresponding to the quick charging mode so as to charge the mobileterminal.

In an embodiment, a quick charging method is provided. The method isapplied to a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal is coupled to a poweradapter through a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a power line inthe USB interface is configured to charge the mobile terminal, a dataline in the USB interface is used by the mobile terminal to conduct abidirectional communication with the power adapter, and the mobileterminal supports a common charging mode and a quick charging mode, inwhich a charging current of the quick charging mode is greater than thatof the common charging mode. The method includes: conducting by themobile terminal a bidirectional communication with the power adapterthrough the data line in the USB interface such that the power adapterdetermines to charge the mobile terminal in the quick charging mode; andreceiving by the mobile terminal a charging current corresponding to thequick charging mode from the power adapter so as to charge a battery inthe mobile terminal.

In an embodiment, a power adapter is provided. The power adapter iscoupled to a mobile terminal through a universal serial bus (USB)interface, a power line in the USB interface is used by the poweradapter to charge the mobile terminal, a data line in the USB interfaceis used by the power adapter to conduct a bidirectional communicationwith the mobile terminal, and the power adapter supports a commoncharging mode and a quick charging mode, in which a charging current ofthe quick charging mode is greater than that of the common chargingmode. The power adapter includes: a communication circuit, configured toconduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal throughthe data line in the USB interface so as to determine to charge themobile terminal in the quick charging mode; and a current adjustingcircuit, configured to adjust a charging current to a charging currentcorresponding to the quick charging mode so as to charge the mobileterminal.

In an embodiment, a mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal iscoupled to a power adapter through a universal serial bus (USB)interface, a power line in the USB interface is configured to charge themobile terminal, a data line in the USB interface is used by the mobileterminal to conduct a bidirectional communication with the poweradapter, and the mobile terminal supports a common charging mode and aquick charging mode, in which a charging current of the quick chargingmode is greater than that of the common charging mode. The mobileterminal includes: a communication circuit, configured to conduct abidirectional communication with the power adapter through the data linein the USB interface such that the power adapter determines to chargethe mobile terminal in the quick charging mode; and a charging circuit,configured to receive a charging current corresponding to the quickcharging mode from the power adapter so as to charge a battery in themobile terminal.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to make the technical solutions of embodiments of the presentinvention more clearly, the accompanying drawings used in thedescription of embodiments of the present invention are brieflydescribed hereunder. Obviously, the described drawings are merely someembodiments of present invention. For persons skilled in the art, otherdrawings may be obtained based on these drawings without any creativework.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a quick charging method according toan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a quick charging method according toan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a process of starting the quickcharging according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a quick charging process according toan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a power adapter according to anembodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile terminal according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The technical solutions in embodiments of the present invention arehereinafter described clearly and completely with reference toaccompanying drawings in embodiments of the present invention.Apparently, embodiments described are a part of embodiments of thepresent invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodimentsobtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments in thepresent invention without creative labor shall fall in the protectionscope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a quick charging method according toan embodiment of the present disclosure. The method shown in FIG. 1 isapplied to a power adapter. The power adapter is coupled to a mobileterminal through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, the USBinterface may be a common USB interface or a micro USB interface. Apower line in the USB interface is used by the power adapter to chargethe mobile terminal, in which the power line in the USB interface may bea VBus line and/or a ground line in the USB interface. A data line inthe USB interface is used by the power adapter to conduct abidirectional communication with the mobile terminal, in which the dataline may be a D+ line and/or a D− line in the USB interface, and thebidirectional communication may refer to an information interactionbetween the power adapter and the mobile terminal. The power adaptersupports a common charging mode and a quick charging mode, in which acharging current of the quick charging mode is greater than that of thecommon charging mode. For example, the charging current of the commoncharging mode is generally less than 2.5 A, and the charging current ofthe quick charging mode may be greater than 3 A.

The method shown in FIG. 1 includes following acts.

At block 110, the power adapter conducts a bidirectional communicationwith the mobile terminal through the data line in the USB interface soas to determine to charge the mobile terminal in the quick chargingmode.

In at least one embodiment, in a process that the power adapter and themobile terminal negotiate whether the quick charging mode is adopted forcharging the mobile terminal, the power adapter may only keep beingcoupled to the mobile terminal without performing a charging, or maycharge the mobile terminal in the common charging mode, or may chargethe mobile terminal with a low current, which is not limited in thepresent disclosure.

At block 120, the power adapter adjusts charging current to a chargingcurrent corresponding to the quick charging mode to charge the mobileterminal.

After determining to charge the mobile terminal in the quick chargingmode, the power adapter may adjust the charging current to the chargingcurrent corresponding to the quick charging mode directly, or maynegotiate with the mobile terminal about the charging current of thequick charging mode. For example, the charging current corresponding tothe quick charging mode may be determined according to a currentelectric quantity of a battery in the mobile terminal.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the power adapter needs toconduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal andnegotiates whether a quick charging mode may be adopted, instead ofblindly increasing the output current for performing a quick charging.Compared to the related art, the security in the quick charging processis improved.

In an embodiment, the act at block 110 may include: sending by the poweradapter a first instruction to the mobile terminal, in which the firstinstruction is configured to ask the mobile terminal whether to startthe quick charging mode; receiving by the power adapter a replyinginstruction of the first instruction from the mobile terminal, in whichthe replying instruction of the first instruction is configured toindicate that the mobile terminal agrees to start the quick chargingmode.

In an embodiment, before the power adapter sends the first instructionto the mobile terminal, the method further includes: performing acharging between the power adapter and the mobile terminal in the commoncharging mode. Sending by the power adapter the first instruction to themobile terminal, includes: after the power adapter determines that acharging time of the common charging mode is larger than a presetthreshold, sending by the power adapter the first instruction to themobile terminal.

In at least one embodiment, after the power adapter determines that thecharging time of the common charging mode is larger than the presetthreshold, the power adapter can consider that the mobile terminal hasrecognized it as a power adapter, and a quick charging inquirycommunication can be started.

In an embodiment, sending by the power adapter the first instruction tothe mobile terminal, includes: after the power adapter determines thatthe charging is performed for a preset time period with a chargingcurrent larger than or equal to a preset current threshold, sending bythe power adapter the first instruction to the mobile terminal.

In an embodiment, before the act at block 120, the method shown in FIG.1 further includes: conducting by the power adapter a bidirectionalcommunication with the mobile terminal through the data line in the USBinterface so as to determine a charging voltage corresponding to thequick charging mode; adjusting by the power adapter a charging voltageto the charging voltage corresponding to the quick charging mode.

In an embodiment, the act at block 110 may include: sending by the poweradapter a second instruction to the mobile terminal, in which the secondinstruction is configured to ask whether a current voltage of the poweradapter is suitable as a charging voltage of the quick charging mode;receiving by the power adapter a replying instruction of the secondinstruction sent by the mobile terminal, in which the replyinginstruction of the second instruction is configured to indicate that thecurrent voltage of the power adapter is suitable, high or low; anddetermining by the power adapter the charging voltage of the quickcharging mode according to the replying instruction of the secondinstruction.

In an embodiment, before the act at block 120, the method shown in FIG.1 may further include: conducting by the power adapter a bidirectionalcommunication with the mobile terminal through the data line in the USBinterface so as to determine the charging current corresponding to thequick charging mode.

In an embodiment, conducting by the power adapter a bidirectionalcommunication with the mobile terminal through the data line in the USBinterface so as to determine the charging current corresponding to thequick charging mode, may include: sending by the power adapter a thirdinstruction to the mobile terminal, in which the third instruction isconfigured to inquire a maximum charging current supported currently bythe mobile terminal; receiving by the power adapter a replyinginstruction of the third instruction sent by the mobile terminal, inwhich the replying instruction of the third instruction is configured toindicate the maximum charging current supported currently by the mobileterminal; and determining by the power adapter the charging current ofthe quick charging mode according to the replying instruction of thethird instruction.

The power adapter may determine the maximum charging current as thecharging current of the quick charging mode directly, or set a currentwhich is smaller than the maximum charging current as the chargingcurrent.

In an embodiment, the method shown in FIG. 1 may further include: in aprocess that the power adapter charges the mobile terminal in the quickcharging mode, conducting by the power adapter a bidirectionalcommunication with the mobile terminal through the data line in the USBinterface to adjust the charging current of the power adaptercontinuously.

The power adapter may inquire a current working state of the mobileterminal continually so as to adjust the charging current continuously.For example, the power adapter may inquire a voltage, an electricquantity of the battery, or other information in the mobile terminal.

In an embodiment, conducting by the power adapter a bidirectionalcommunication with the mobile terminal through the data line in the USBinterface so as to adjust the charging current of the power adaptercontinuously, may include: sending by the power adapter a fourthinstruction to the mobile terminal, in which the fourth instruction isconfigured to inquire a current voltage of a battery in the mobileterminal; receiving by the power adapter a replying instruction of thefourth instruction sent by the mobile terminal, in which the replyinginstruction of the fourth instruction is configured to indicate thecurrent voltage of the battery in the mobile terminal; adjusting by thepower adapter the charging current of the power adapter according to thecurrent voltage of the battery.

In an embodiment, adjusting by the power adapter the charging current ofthe power adapter according to the current voltage of the battery,includes: adjusting by the power adapter the charging current of thepower adapter to a charging current value corresponding to the currentvoltage of the battery according to the current voltage of the batteryand preset correspondences between battery voltage values and chargingcurrent values.

In at least one embodiment, the power adapter may pre-store thecorrespondences between battery voltage values and charging currentvalues.

In an embodiment, the method shown in FIG. 1 may further include: in aprocess that the power adapter charges the mobile terminal in the quickcharging mode, conducting by the power adapter a bidirectionalcommunication with the mobile terminal through the data line in the USBinterface so as to determine whether a poor contact occurs in the USBinterface; if it is determined that the poor contact occurs in the USBinterface, quitting by the power adapter the quick charging mode.

In an embodiment, before the power adapter conducts a bidirectionalcommunication with the mobile terminal through the data line in the USBinterface so as to determine whether the poor contact occurs in the USBinterface, the method shown in FIG. 1 may further include: receiving bythe power adapter information for indicating a path impedance of themobile terminal from the mobile terminal. Conducting by the poweradapter a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal throughthe data line in the USB interface so as to determine whether a poorcontact occurs in the USB interface, includes: sending by the poweradapter a fourth instruction to the mobile terminal, in which the fourthinstruction is configured to inquire a voltage of a battery in themobile terminal; receiving by the power adapter a replying instructionof the fourth instruction sent by the mobile terminal, in which thereplying instruction of the fourth instruction is configured to indicatethe voltage of the battery in the mobile terminal; determining by thepower adapter a path impedance from the power adapter to the batteryaccording to a charging voltage of the power adapter and the voltage ofthe battery; and determining by the power adapter whether the poorcontact occurs in the USB interface according to the path impedance fromthe power adapter to the battery, the path impedance of the mobileterminal and a path impedance of a charging circuit between the poweradapter and the mobile terminal.

The power adapter may pre-record the path impedance 1 of the mobileterminal, for example, since the structures of mobile terminals with asame model number are the same, the path impedances of the mobileterminals may be set as the same value when configuring the factorysettings. Similarly, the power adapter may pre-record the path impedance2 of the charging circuit. When the power adapter acquires the voltagebetween two ends of the battery in the mobile terminal, the pathimpedance 3 of the whole path may be determined according to the voltagedrop from the power adapter to each of the two ends of the battery. Ifpath impedance 3>path impedance 1+path impedance 2, or path impedance3−(path impedance 1+path impedance 2)>impedance threshold, then it maybe considered that a poor contact occurs in the USB interface.

In an embodiment, before the power adapter quits the quick chargingmode, the method shown in FIG. 1 may further include: sending by thepower adapter a fifth instruction to the mobile terminal, in which thefifth instruction is configured to indicate that a poor contact occursin the USB interface.

After the fifth instruction is sent, the power adapter quits the quickcharging mode or is reset.

Hereinbefore, by referring to FIG. 1, the quick charging methodaccording to embodiments of the present disclosure is described indetail from the aspect of a power adapter. In the following, the quickcharging method according to embodiments of the present disclosure willbe described from the aspect of a mobile terminal by referring to FIG.2.

In embodiments, the interaction between a power adapter and a mobileterminal, related features and functionality described from the mobileterminal side corresponds to the description from the power adapterside. For the sake of simplicity, repetitive description may be omittedproperly.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a quick charging method according toan embodiment of the present disclosure. The method shown in FIG. 2 isapplied to a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal is coupled to a poweradapter through a USB interface, a power line in the USB interface isconfigured to charge the mobile terminal, a data line in the USBinterface is used by the mobile terminal to conduct a bidirectionalcommunication with the power adapter, and the mobile terminal supports acommon charging mode and a quick charging mode, in which a chargingcurrent of the quick charging mode is greater than that of the commoncharging mode. The method shown in FIG. 2 includes following acts.

At block 210, the mobile terminal conducts a bidirectional communicationwith the power adapter through the data line in the USB interface suchthat the power adapter determines to charge the mobile terminal in thequick charging mode.

At block 220, the mobile terminal receives a charging currentcorresponding to the quick charging mode from the power adapter so as tocharge a battery in the mobile terminal.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the power adapter needs toconduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal andnegotiates whether a quick charging mode may be adopted, instead ofblindly increasing the output current for performing a quick charging.Compared to the related art, the security in the quick charging processis improved.

In an embodiment, conducting by the mobile terminal a bidirectionalcommunication with the power adapter through the data line in the USBinterface such that the power adapter determines to charge the mobileterminal in the quick charging mode, includes: receiving by the mobileterminal a first instruction sent by the power adapter, in which thefirst instruction is configured to ask the mobile terminal whether tostart the quick charging mode; sending by the mobile terminal a replyinginstruction of the first instruction to the power adapter, in which thereplying instruction of the first instruction is configured to indicatethat the mobile terminal agrees to start the quick charging mode.

In an embodiment, before the mobile terminal receives the firstinstruction sent by the power adapter, the method further includes:performing a charging between the mobile terminal and the power adapterin the common charging mode. Receiving by the mobile terminal a firstinstruction sent by the power adapter, includes: after the power adapterdetermines that a charging time of the common charging mode is largerthan a preset threshold, receiving by the mobile terminal the firstinstruction sent by the power adapter.

In an embodiment, before the mobile terminal receives the chargingcurrent corresponding to the quick charging mode from the power adapterso as to charge the battery in the mobile terminal, the method includes:conducting by the mobile terminal a bidirectional communication with thepower adapter through the data line in the USB interface such that thepower adapter determines a charging voltage corresponding to the quickcharging mode.

In an embodiment, conducting by the mobile terminal a bidirectionalcommunication with the power adapter through the data line in the USBinterface such that the power adapter determines a charging voltagecorresponding to the quick charging mode, includes: receiving by themobile terminal a second instruction sent by the power adapter, in whichthe second instruction is configured to ask whether a current voltage ofthe power adapter is suitable as the charging voltage of the quickcharging mode; sending by the mobile terminal a replying instruction ofthe second instruction to the power adapter, in which the replyinginstruction of the second instruction is configured to indicate that thecurrent voltage of the power adapter is suitable, high or low.

In an embodiment, before the mobile terminal receives the chargingcurrent corresponding to the quick charging mode from the power adapterso as to charge the battery in the mobile terminal, the method includes:conducting by the mobile terminal a bidirectional communication with thepower adapter through the data line in the USB interface such that thepower adapter determines the charging current corresponding to the quickcharging mode.

In an embodiment, conducting by the mobile terminal a bidirectionalcommunication with the power adapter through the data line in the USBinterface such that the power adapter determines the charging currentcorresponding to the quick charging mode, includes: receiving by themobile terminal a third instruction sent by the power adapter, in whichthe third instruction is configured to inquire a maximum chargingcurrent supported currently by the mobile terminal; sending by themobile terminal a replying instruction of the third instruction to thepower adapter, in which the replying instruction of the thirdinstruction is configured to indicate the maximum charging currentsupported currently by the mobile terminal, such that the power adapterdetermines the charging current corresponding to the quick charging modeaccording to the maximum charging current.

In an embodiment, the method further includes: in a process that thepower adapter charges the mobile terminal in the quick charging mode,conducting by the mobile terminal a bidirectional communication with thepower adapter through the data line in the USB interface such that thepower adapter adjusts the charging current of the power adaptercontinuously.

In an embodiment, conducting by the mobile terminal a bidirectionalcommunication with the power adapter through the data line in the USBinterface such that the power adapter adjusts the charging current ofthe power adapter continuously, includes: receiving by the mobileterminal a fourth instruction sent by the power adapter, in which thefourth instruction is configured to inquire a current voltage of abattery in the mobile terminal; sending by the mobile terminal areplying instruction of the fourth instruction to the power adapter, inwhich the replying instruction of the fourth instruction is configuredto indicate the current voltage of the battery in the mobile terminal,such that the power adapter adjusts the charging current of the poweradapter continuously according to the current voltage of the battery.

In an embodiment, the method further includes: in a process that thepower adapter charges the mobile terminal in the quick charging mode,conducting by the mobile terminal a bidirectional communication with thepower adapter through the data line in the USB interface, such that thepower adapter determines whether a poor contact occurs in the USBinterface.

In an embodiment, conducting by the mobile terminal a bidirectionalcommunication with the power adapter through the data line in the USBinterface, such that the mobile terminal determines whether a poorcontact occurs in the USB interface, includes: receiving by the mobileterminal a fourth instruction sent by the power adapter, in which thefourth instruction is configured to inquire a current voltage of abattery in the mobile terminal; sending by the mobile terminal areplying instruction of the fourth instruction to the power adapter, inwhich the replying instruction of the fourth instruction is configuredto indicate the current voltage of the battery in the mobile terminal,such that the power adapter determines whether the poor contact occursin the USB interface according to a charging voltage of the poweradapter and the current voltage of the battery.

In an embodiment, the method further includes: receiving by the mobileterminal a fifth instruction sent by the power adapter, in which thefifth instruction is configured to indicate that the poor contact occursin the USB interface.

In combination with specific examples, embodiments of the presentdisclosure will be described below in more detail. It should be notedthat, examples shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 4 merely help those skilled inthe arts for understanding embodiments of the present disclosure,instead of limiting the embodiments of the present disclosure toillustrated specific values or scenarios. Obviously, various equivalentmodifications and changes may be made according to the examples shown inFIG. 3 to FIG. 4 by those skilled in the arts, and the modifications orchanges shall fall in the protection scope of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a starting process of the quickcharging according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the process of starting a quick chargingincludes five stages.

Stage 1

If the power adapter detects that the output current in a continuoustime period T1 is larger than or equal to I2, it is considered that thetype recognition of the power adapter performed by the mobile terminalis finished (i.e. a device charging the mobile terminal is recognized asthe power adapter, rather than other electric appliances such as acomputer, etc.), the communication is started and instruction 1 is sentto ask the mobile terminal whether to start the quick charging (or flashcharging), by the power adapter. If the power adapter receives a replyindicating that the mobile terminal disagrees with the quick charging,the current may be detected repeatedly. If the current is still largerthan or equal to I2, the request may be sent again by the power adapter,and that cycle repeats until the mobile terminal provides a replyindicating the mobile terminal agrees to perform the quick charging oruntil the current no longer satisfies the condition of that the currentis larger than or equal to I2. After the mobile terminal agrees toperform the quick charging, the process goes to stage 2.

Stage 2

The power adapter sends instruction 2 to ask the mobile terminal whetherthe voltage of the power adapter is suitable. If the mobile terminalprovides a reply indicating that the voltage is high or low, the voltageis adjusted correspondingly and the mobile terminal is again asked bythe power adapter whether the voltage of the power adapter is suitable,and that cycle repeats until the mobile terminal provides a replyindicating the voltage is at a suitable position. And then, the processgoes to stage 3.

Stage 3

After the power adapter receives a reply indicating that the voltage ofthe power adapter is suitable from the mobile terminal, the poweradapter sends instruction 3 for inquiring the maximum charging currentsupported currently by the mobile terminal. And then, the process goesto stage 4.

Stage 4, 5

The power adapter sets the output current with specified valuesaccording to the current value replied by the mobile terminal and theprocess goes to a constant current stage. At the same time, the poweradapter sends instruction 4 at regular intervals for inquiring thebattery voltage of the mobile terminal, and then it is judged accordingto the battery voltage whether the USB interface contacts well andwhether it is required to decrease the charging current. If the poweradapter judges that a poor contact occurs in the USB interface,instruction 5 is sent and a reset operation is performed thereafter.

In at least one embodiment, 1) in stage 1, when the mobile terminalprovides the reply to the instruction 1, a path impedance of terminalmay be attached in data of the reply, the path impedance of terminal maybe used in stage 5 to judge the connection situation of the USBinterface. 2) In stage 2, a time period from when the power adapteragrees to perform the quick charging to when the voltage of the poweradapter is adjusted to a suitable value may be controlled within acertain range, so as to prevent the mobile terminal from being judged asabnormal and stopping the quick charging. 3) In stage 2, when thevoltage of the power adapter is adjusted to a value higher than thebattery voltage ΔV, the terminal can provide the reply indicating thatthe voltage is suitable (ΔV may be set as 200-500 mA). 4) In stage 4, anincreasing speed of the output current may be controlled within acertain range, so as to avoid an abnormal interrupt of the quickcharging due to an over-quick increasing speed of the charging currentresulted from an over-quick increasing speed of the output current. Inat least one embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the charging currentincreases gently in stage 4. 5) In stage 5, the control precision of thecurrent in the constant current mode may be controlled within 5% to thegreatest extent. 6) In stage 5, the power adapter detects the pathimpedance in real time, the impedance of the whole path for the quickcharging may be computed by measuring the voltage of the power adapter,the current charging current and the read battery voltage. If thedetected path impedance>path impedance of the terminal+impedance of thedata line for quick charging, it is considered that a poor contactoccurs in the USB interface and the quick charging may be stopped. 7)After starting the quick charging, each interval between communicationsmay be controlled within a certain range, so as to avoid an abnormalinterrupt of the quick charging. 8) The termination of the quickcharging may be divided into a recoverable type and a non-recoverabletype. If the mobile terminal detects that the battery is fully chargedor a poor contact occurs in the USB interface during the quick chargingstage, the quick charging is stopped and the power adapter may not startthe quick charging any more. If there is an abnormal communicationbetween the power adapter and the mobile terminal, the power adapter maystop the quick charging, but the power adapter may re-start the quickcharging process thereafter. If the power adapter detects that thebattery is abnormal, the quick charging may be stopped, and the quickcharging process may be re-started until the battery returns to normal.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a quick charging process. The wholeprocess illustrated in FIG. 4 substantially corresponds to the processillustrated in FIG. 3.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the power adapter is in a DCP mode atbeginning, that is, the power adapter is in a D+, D− short circuit mode,and the mobile terminal is charged in a common charging mode. Beforesending the first instruction, the power adapter may judge whether thedata line is a quick charging data line, which may be implemented invarious ways. For example, an identification circuit may be added to thedata line, and the power adapter may identify whether the data line is aquick charging data line by conducting an information interaction withthe identification circuit. Additionally, in at least one embodiment,when there is an abnormal communication or abnormal impedance in thewhole quick charging process, the power adapter may quit the quickcharging process or be reset.

Hereinbefore, by referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, the quick chargingmethod according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is describedin detail. In the following, the power adapter and the mobile terminalaccording to embodiments of the present disclosure will be described indetail hereinafter with reference to FIG. 5 to FIG. 6.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a power adapter according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. The power adapter 500 shown inFIG. 5 can achieve respective act executed by the power adapter in FIG.1 to FIG. 4, which is not described herein in order to avoid repetition.

In at least one embodiment, the power adapter 500 is coupled to a mobileterminal through a USB interface, a power line in the USB interface isused by the power adapter 500 to charge the mobile terminal, a data linein the USB interface is used by the power adapter 500 to conduct abidirectional communication with the mobile terminal, and the poweradapter 500 supports a common charging mode and a quick charging mode,in which a charging current of the quick charging mode is greater thanthat of the common charging mode. The power adapter 500 includes acommunication circuit 510 and a current adjusting circuit 520.

The communication circuit 510 is configured to conduct a bidirectionalcommunication with the mobile terminal through the data line in the USBinterface so as to determine to charge the mobile terminal in the quickcharging mode.

The current adjusting circuit 520 is configured to adjust a chargingcurrent to a charging current corresponding to the quick charging modeso as to charge the mobile terminal.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the power adapter needs toconduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal andnegotiates whether a quick charging mode may be adopted, instead ofblindly increasing the output current for performing a quick charging.Compared to the related art, the security in the quick charging processis improved.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 510 is configured to send afirst instruction to the mobile terminal, in which the first instructionis configured to ask the mobile terminal whether to start the quickcharging mode; and to receive a replying instruction of the firstinstruction from the mobile terminal, in which the replying instructionof the first instruction is configured to indicate that the mobileterminal agrees to start the quick charging mode.

In an embodiment, the power adapter 500 further includes a powerconversion circuit configured to perform a charging with the mobileterminal in the common charging mode. The communication circuit 510 isconfigured to send the first instruction to the mobile terminal afterdetermining that a charging time of the common charging mode is largerthan a preset threshold.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 510 is further configured toconduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal throughthe data line in the USB interface so as to determine a charging voltagecorresponding to the quick charging mode. The power adapter 500 furtherincludes a voltage adjusting circuit configured to adjust chargingvoltage to a charging voltage corresponding to the quick charging mode.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 510 is further configured tosend a second instruction to the mobile terminal, in which the secondinstruction is configured to ask whether a current voltage of the poweradapter 500 is suitable as a charging voltage of the quick chargingmode; and receive a replying instruction of the second instruction sentby the mobile terminal, in which the replying instruction of the secondinstruction is configured to indicate that the current voltage of thepower adapter 500 is suitable, high or low. The voltage adjustingcircuit is configured to determine the charging voltage of the quickcharging mode according to the replying instruction of the secondinstruction.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 510 is configured to conducta bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal through the dataline in the USB interface so as to determine a charging currentcorresponding to the quick charging mode.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 510 is configured to send athird instruction to the mobile terminal, in which the third instructionis configured to inquire the maximum charging current supportedcurrently by the mobile terminal; to receive a replying instruction ofthe third instruction sent by the mobile terminal, in which the replyinginstruction of the third instruction is configured to indicate themaximum charging current supported currently by the mobile terminal; andto determine the charging current of the quick charging mode accordingto the replying instruction of the third instruction.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 510 is further configured toconduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal throughthe data line in the USB interface in a process that the power adapter500 charges the mobile terminal in the quick charging mode, so as toadjust the charging current of the power adapter 500 continuously.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 510 is configured to send afourth instruction to the mobile terminal, in which the fourthinstruction is configured to inquire a current voltage of the battery inthe mobile terminal; and to receive a replying instruction of the fourthinstruction sent by the mobile terminal, in which the replyinginstruction of the fourth instruction is configured to indicate thecurrent voltage of the battery in the mobile terminal. The currentadjusting circuit 520 is configured to adjust the charging current ofthe power adapter according to the current voltage of the battery.

In an embodiment, the current adjusting circuit 520 is configured toadjust the charging current of the power adapter 500 to a chargingcurrent value corresponding to the current voltage of the batteryaccording to the current voltage of the battery and presetcorrespondences between battery voltage values and charging currentvalues.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 510 is configured to conducta bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal through the dataline in the USB interface in a process that the power adapter chargesthe mobile terminal in the quick charging mode, so as to determinewhether a poor contact occurs in the USB interface; and to quit thequick charging mode if it is determined that the poor contact occurs inthe USB interface.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 510 is configured to receiveinformation for indicating a path impedance of the mobile terminal fromthe mobile terminal; to receive a replying instruction of the fourthinstruction sent by the mobile terminal, in which the replyinginstruction of the fourth instruction is configured to indicate thevoltage of the battery in the mobile terminal; to determine a pathimpedance from the power adapter 500 to the battery according to thecharging voltage of the power adapter 500 and the voltage of thebattery; and to determine whether the poor contact occurs in the USBinterface according to the path impedance from the power adapter 500 tothe battery, the path impedance of the mobile terminal and a pathimpedance of a charging line between the power adapter 500 and themobile terminal.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 510 is further configured tosend a fifth instruction to the mobile terminal, in which the fifthinstruction is configured to indicate that the poor contact occurs inthe USB interface.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile terminal according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. The mobile terminal 600illustrated in FIG. 6 is coupled to a power adapter through a USBinterface, a power line in the USB interface is configured to charge themobile terminal 600, a data line in the USB interface is used by themobile terminal 600 to conduct a bidirectional communication with thepower adapter, and the mobile terminal 600 supports a common chargingmode and a quick charging mode, in which a charging current of the quickcharging mode is greater than that of the common charging mode. Themobile terminal 600 includes a communication circuit 610 and a chargingcircuit 620.

The communication circuit 610 is configured to conduct a bidirectionalcommunication with the power adapter through the data line in the USBinterface such that the power adapter determines to charge the mobileterminal 600 in the quick charging mode.

The charging circuit 620 is configured to receive a charging currentcorresponding to the quick charging mode from the power adapter so as tocharge a battery in the mobile terminal 600.

In embodiments of the present disclosure, the power adapter needs toconduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal andnegotiates whether a quick charging mode may be adopted, instead ofblindly increasing the output current for conducting a quick charging.Compared to the related art, the security in the quick charging processis improved.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 610 is configured to receivea first instruction sent by the power adapter, in which the firstinstruction is configured to ask the mobile terminal 600 whether tostart the quick charging mode; and to send a replying instruction of thefirst instruction to the power adapter, in which the replyinginstruction of the first instruction is configured to indicate that themobile terminal 600 agrees to start the quick charging mode.

In an embodiment, the charging circuit 620 is further configured toperform a charging with the power adapter in the common charging mode.The communication circuit 610 is configured to receive the firstinstruction sent by the power adapter after the power adapter determinesthat a charging time of the common charging mode is larger than a presetthreshold.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 610 is further configured toconduct a bidirectional communication with the power adapter through thedata line in the USB interface such that the power adapter determines acharging voltage corresponding to the quick charging mode.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 610 is configured to receivea second instruction sent by the power adapter, in which the secondinstruction is configured to ask whether a current voltage of the poweradapter is suitable as a charging voltage of the quick charging mode;and to send a replying instruction of the second instruction to thepower adapter, in which the replying instruction of the secondinstruction is configured to indicate that the current voltage of thepower adapter is suitable, high or low.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 610 is further configured toconduct a bidirectional communication with the power adapter through thedata line in the USB interface such that the power adapter determinesthe charging current corresponding to the quick charging mode.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 610 is configured to receivea third instruction sent by the power adapter, in which the thirdinstruction is configured to inquire a maximum charging currentsupported currently by the mobile terminal 600; and to send a replyinginstruction of the third instruction to the power adapter, in which thereplying instruction of the third instruction is configured to indicatethe maximum charging current supported currently by the mobile terminal600, such that the power adapter determines the charging currentcorresponding to the quick charging mode according to the maximumcharging current.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 610 is further configured toconduct a bidirectional communication with the power adapter through thedata line in the USB interface in a process that the power adaptercharges the mobile terminal 600 in the quick charging mode, such thatthe power adapter adjusts the charging current of the power adaptercontinuously.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 610 is configured to receivea fourth instruction sent by the power adapter, in which the fourthinstruction is configured to inquire a current voltage of a battery inthe mobile terminal 600; and to send a replying instruction of thefourth instruction to the power adapter, in which the replyinginstruction of the fourth instruction is configured to indicate thecurrent voltage of the battery in the mobile terminal 600, such that thepower adapter adjusts the charging current of the power adaptercontinuously according to the current voltage of the battery.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 610 is further configured toconduct a bidirectional communication with the power adapter through thedata line in the USB interface in a process that the power adaptercharges the mobile terminal 600 in the quick charging mode, such thatthe power adapter determines whether a poor contact occurs in the USBinterface.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 610 is configured to receivea fourth instruction sent by the power adapter, in which the fourthinstruction is configured to inquire a current voltage of a battery inthe mobile terminal 600; to send a replying instruction of the fourthinstruction to the power adapter, in which the replying instruction ofthe fourth instruction is configured to indicate the current voltage ofthe battery in the mobile terminal 600, such that the power adapterdetermines whether the poor contact occurs in the USB interfaceaccording to the charging voltage of the power adapter and the currentvoltage of the battery.

In an embodiment, the communication circuit 610 is further configured toreceive a fifth instruction sent by the power adapter, in which thefifth instruction is configured to indicate that the poor contact occursin the USB interface.

Those skilled in the art can be aware that, units and algorithm steps inrespective examples described with reference to embodiments disclosed inthe present disclosure can be realized by electronic hardware orcombination of computer software and electronic hardware. Executingthese functions in hardware or software depends on particularapplications and design constraint conditions of the technicalsolutions. Technology professionals can use different methods to realizethe described functions for each particular application, which should beregarded as being within the scope of the present disclosure.

Those skilled in the art can understand clearly that, for convenienceand simplicity of description, specific working process of the abovesystem, devices and units may refer to corresponding process in theabove method embodiments, which will not be elaborated herein.

It should be understood that, the system, devices and method disclosedin several embodiments provided by the present disclosure can berealized in any other manner. For example, the device embodimentsdescribed above can be merely exemplary, for example, the units are justdivided according to logic functions. In practical implementation, theunits can be divided in other manners, for example, multiple units orcomponents can be combined or integrated into another system, or somefeatures can be omitted or not executed. In addition, the mutualcoupling or direct coupling or communication connection described ordiscussed can be via some interfaces, and indirect coupling orcommunication connection between devices or units may be electrical,mechanical or of other forms.

The units illustrated as separate components can be or not be separatedphysically, and components described as units can be or not be physicalunits, i.e., can be located at one place, or can be distributed ontomultiple network units. It is possible to select some or all of theunits according to actual needs, for realizing the objective ofembodiments of the present disclosure.

In addition, respective functional units in respective embodiments ofthe present disclosure can be integrated into one processing unit, orcan be present as separate physical entities. It is also possible thattwo or more than two units are integrated into one unit.

If the functions are realized in form of functional software units andare sold or used as separate products, they can be stored in a computerreadable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the parts of thetechnical solutions or the essential parts of the technical solutions(i.e. the parts making a contribution to the related art) can beembodied in form of software product, which is stored in a storagemedium, and includes several instruction used for causing a computerdevice (for example, a personal computer, a server or a network device)to execute all or part of steps in the methods described in respectiveembodiments of the present disclosure. The above storage medium may beany medium capable of storing program codes, including a USB flash disk,a mobile hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory(RAM), a disc, or a light disk.

The forgoing description is only directed to preferred embodiments ofthe present disclosure, but not used to limit the present disclosure.All modifications, equivalents, variants and improvements made withinthe spirit and principle of the present disclosure shall fall within theprotection scope of the present disclosure. Thus, the protection scopeof the present disclosure shall be limited by the protection scope ofthe claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A charging method, applied to a power adapter,the power adapter being coupled to a mobile terminal through a universalserial bus (USB) interface, a power line in the USB interface beingconfigured by the power adapter to charge the mobile terminal, a dataline in the USB interface being configured by the power adapter toconduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal, and thepower adapter supporting a common charging mode and a quick chargingmode; the method comprising: conducting by the power adapter thebidirectional communication with the mobile terminal through the dataline in the USB interface so as to determine to charge the mobileterminal in the quick charging mode; receiving by the power adapter aninstruction sent by the mobile terminal, the instruction sent by themobile terminal being configured to instruct the power adapter toincrease or decrease a charging voltage; and adjusting by the poweradapter the charging voltage according to the instruction sent by themobile terminal, so as to charge the mobile terminal.
 2. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein conducting by the power adapter thebidirectional communication with the mobile terminal through the dataline in the USB interface so as to determine to charge the mobileterminal in the quick charging mode comprises: sending by the poweradapter a first instruction to the mobile terminal, the firstinstruction being configured to ask the mobile terminal whether to startthe quick charging mode; and receiving by the power adapter a replyinginstruction of the first instruction from the mobile terminal, thereplying instruction of the first instruction being configured toinstruct the power adapter to start the quick charging mode.
 3. Themethod according to claim 2, further comprising: sending by the poweradapter a first instruction to the mobile terminal after the poweradapter outputs continuously an output current larger than or equal to apreset current to the mobile terminal for a preset period of time. 4.The method according to claim 1, further comprising: sending by thepower adapter a third instruction to the mobile terminal, the thirdinstruction being configured to inquire a maximum charging currentsupported currently by the mobile terminal; receiving by the poweradapter a replying instruction of the third instruction sent by themobile terminal, the replying instruction of the third instruction beingconfigured to indicate a charging current of the quick charging modebased on the maximum charging current supported currently by the mobileterminal; and obtaining by the power adapter the charging current of thequick charging mode according to the replying instruction of the thirdinstruction.
 5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: ina process that the power adapter charges the mobile terminal in thequick charging mode, conducting by the power adapter the bidirectionalcommunication with the mobile terminal through the data line in the USBinterface such that the power adapter is instructed by the mobileterminal to adjust a charging current of the power adapter continuously.6. The method according to claim 5, wherein conducting by the poweradapter the bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal throughthe data line in the USB interface such that the power adapter isinstructed by the mobile terminal to adjust the charging current of thepower adapter continuously comprises: sending by the power adapter afourth instruction to the mobile terminal, the fourth instruction beingconfigured to inquire a current voltage of a battery in the mobileterminal; receiving by the power adapter a replying instruction of thefourth instruction sent by the mobile terminal, the replying instructionof the fourth instruction being configured to instruct the power adapterto increase or decrease the charging current based on the currentvoltage of the battery in the mobile terminal; and adjusting by thepower adapter the charging current of the power adapter to a chargingcurrent value corresponding to the current voltage of the battery. 7.The method according to claim 1, further comprising: in a process thatthe power adapter charges the mobile terminal in the quick chargingmode, conducting by the power adapter the bidirectional communicationwith the mobile terminal through the data line in the USB interface,such that the mobile terminal determines a path impedance from the poweradapter to the mobile terminal and determines whether a poor contactoccurs in the USB interface based on the path impedance from the poweradapter to the mobile terminal; when it is determined that the poorcontact occurs in the USB interface, quitting by the power adapter thequick charging mode.
 8. The method according to claim 7, whereinconducting by the power adapter the bidirectional communication with themobile terminal through the data line in the USB interface, such thatthe mobile terminal determines the path impedance from the power adapterto the mobile terminal and determines whether the poor contact occurs inthe USB interface comprises: sending by the power adapter a fourthinstruction to the mobile terminal, the fourth instruction beingconfigured to inquire a voltage of a battery in the mobile terminal;receiving by the power adapter a replying instruction of the fourthinstruction sent by the mobile terminal, the replying instruction of thefourth instruction being configured to indicate the path impedanceobtained based on the voltage of the battery in the mobile terminal anda charging voltage of the power adapter; and determining by the mobileterminal whether the poor contact occurs in the USB interface accordingto the path impedance from the power adapter to the battery, the pathimpedance of the mobile terminal and a path impedance of a chargingcircuit between the power adapter and the mobile terminal.
 9. The methodaccording to claim 7, further comprising: receiving by the power adaptera fifth instruction to the mobile terminal, the fifth instruction beingconfigured to indicate that the poor contact occurs in the USBinterface.
 10. A charging method, applied to a mobile terminal, themobile terminal being coupled to a power adapter through a universalserial bus (USB) interface, a power line in the USB interface beingconfigured to charge the mobile terminal, a data line in the USBinterface being configured by the mobile terminal to conduct abidirectional communication with the power adapter, and the mobileterminal supporting a common charging mode and a quick charging mode;the method comprising: conducting by the mobile terminal thebidirectional communication with the power adapter through the data linein the USB interface, such that the power adapter determines to chargethe mobile terminal in the quick charging mode; sending by the mobileterminal an instruction to the power adapter, the instruction sent bythe mobile terminal being configured to instruct the power adapter toincrease or decrease a charging voltage, such that the power adapteradjusts the charging voltage according to the instruction sent by themobile terminal; receiving by the mobile terminal the charging voltagefrom the power adapter so as to charge a battery in the mobile terminal.11. The method according to claim 10, wherein conducting by the mobileterminal the bidirectional communication with the power adapter throughthe data line in the USB interface such that the power adapterdetermines to charge the mobile terminal in the quick charging modecomprises: receiving by the mobile terminal a first instruction sent bythe power adapter, the first instruction being configured to ask themobile terminal whether to start the quick charging mode; and sending bythe mobile terminal a replying instruction of the first instruction tothe power adapter, the replying instruction of the first instructionbeing configured to instruct the power adapter to start the quickcharging mode.
 12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:performing a charging between the mobile terminal and the power adapterin the common charging mode; and after the power adapter determines thata charging period of time of the common charging mode is larger than apreset threshold, receiving by the mobile terminal the first instructionsent by the power adapter.
 13. The method according to claim 10, furthercomprising: receiving by the mobile terminal a third instruction sent bythe power adapter, the third instruction being configured to inquire amaximum charging current supported currently by the mobile terminal; andsending by the mobile terminal a replying instruction of the thirdinstruction to the power adapter, the replying instruction of the thirdinstruction being configured to indicate a charging current of the quickcharging mode based on the maximum charging current supported currentlyby the mobile terminal, such that the power adapter obtains the chargingcurrent of the quick charging mode according to the replying instructionof the third instruction.
 14. The method according to claim 10, furthercomprising in a process that the power adapter charges the mobileterminal in the quick charging mode, conducting by the mobile terminalthe bidirectional communication with the power adapter through the dataline in the USB interface such that the mobile terminal instructs thepower adapter to adjust a charging current of the power adaptercontinuously.
 15. The method according to claim 14, wherein conductingby the mobile terminal the bidirectional communication with the poweradapter through the data line in the USB interface such that the mobileterminal instructs the power adapter to adjust the charging current ofthe power adapter continuously comprises: receiving by the mobileterminal a fourth instruction sent by the power adapter, the fourthinstruction being configured to inquire a current voltage of a batteryin the mobile terminal; and sending by the mobile terminal a replyinginstruction of the fourth instruction to the power adapter, the replyinginstruction of the fourth instruction being configured to instruct thepower adapter to increase or decrease the charging current based on thecurrent voltage of the battery in the mobile terminal, such that thepower adapter adjusts the charging current of the power adapter to acharging current value corresponding to the current voltage of thebattery.
 16. The method according to claim 10, further comprising: in aprocess that the power adapter charges the mobile terminal in the quickcharging mode, conducting by the mobile terminal the bidirectionalcommunication with the power adapter through the data line in the USBinterface, such that the mobile terminal determines a path impedancefrom the power adapter to the mobile terminal and determines whether apoor contact occurs in the USB interface based on the path impedancefrom the power adapter to the mobile terminal; when it is determinedthat the poor contact occurs in the USB interface, instructing the poweradapter to quit the quick charging mode.
 17. The method according toclaim 16, wherein conducting by the mobile terminal the bidirectionalcommunication with the power adapter through the data line in the USBinterface, such that the mobile terminal determines the path impedancefrom the power adapter to the mobile terminal and determines whether thepoor contact occurs in the USB interface comprises: receiving by themobile terminal a fourth instruction sent by the power adapter, thefourth instruction being configured to inquire a current voltage of abattery in the mobile terminal; and sending by the mobile terminal areplying instruction of the fourth instruction to the power adapter, thereplying instruction of the fourth instruction being configured toindicate the path impedance obtained based on the current voltage of thebattery in the mobile terminal and a charging voltage of the poweradapter, and whether the poor contact occurs in the USB interface basedon the path impedance from the power adapter to the mobile terminal, apath impedance of the mobile terminal, and a path impedance of acharging circuit between the power adapter and the mobile terminal. 18.The method according to claim 16, further comprising: sending by themobile terminal a fifth instruction sent by the power adapter, the fifthinstruction being configured to indicate that the poor contact occurs inthe USB interface.
 19. A power adapter, coupled to a mobile terminalthrough a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a power line in the USBinterface being configured by the power adapter to charge the mobileterminal, a data line in the USB interface being configured by the poweradapter to conduct a bidirectional communication with the mobileterminal, and the power adapter supporting a common charging mode and aquick charging mode; the power adapter comprising: a communicationcircuit, configured to conduct the bidirectional communication with themobile terminal through the data line in the USB interface so as todetermine to charge the mobile terminal in the quick charging mode,receive an instruction sent by the mobile terminal, the instruction sentby the mobile terminal being configured to instruct the power adapter toincrease or decrease a charging voltage; a current adjusting circuit,configured to adjust the charging voltage according to the instructionsent by the mobile terminal, so as to charge the mobile terminal. 20.The power adapter according to claim 19, wherein the communicationcircuit is further configured to conduct the bidirectional communicationwith the mobile terminal in a process that the power adapter charges themobile terminal in the quick charging mode, such that the mobileterminal determines a path impedance from the power adapter to themobile terminal, and determines whether a poor contact occurs in the USBinterface based on the path impedance from the power adapter to themobile terminal.